Li Mu returned to Dongyang Group and walked into Quest Mobile’s business department. When everyone saw him, they all greeted him respectfully.

This Li Mu was no longer what he used to be. He was now the general manager of Quest Mobile’s business department.

Li Mu was as pleased as punch when he walked into the general manager’s office. He was overwhelmed with mixed emotion because Mr. Yan hadn’t sat in this office for too long before it became his office.

There were two office desks in the office. The desk in the middle of the office must be his. There was another smaller desk near the door, which obviously belonged to his assistant, He Xiaoyu.

Li Mu felt a little frustrated. Why did He Xiaoyu have to share an office with him? This made her look like she was his wife.

He immediately decided that if there was nothing special, he would try not to stay in the office as much as possible. He would go to several departments to wander around and try to stay away from He Xiaoyu.

As a result, all the employees from different levels had suffered under his management. He was always wandering around like a supervisor, so everyone had to work hard and concentrate on their work. They didn’t have a chance to take a look at their phones or to watch a video.

He Xiaoyu naturally had a way to deal with it. No matter where he went, she would follow him. This made them look like a married couple who were conducting inspections.

On the first day of work, Li Mu called a staff meeting. He called all the middle managers to the conference room and boosted their motivation.

Cheng Feng didn’t attend the meeting. After that, Li Mu asked He Xiaoyu about his situation. The latter answered indifferently, “He is on leave. He said that something cropped up at home and took a long leave!”

After knowing that he went on a long leave, Li Mu was very unhappy. Before Cheng Feng took office, Mr. Yan had personally taken charge of the sales team. Then, Cheng Feng took over the sales department after taking office. Now that Mr. Yan was gone, and Cheng Feng went on a long leave, wouldn’t the staff from the sales department slack off at work?

“Who is in charge of the sales team now?”

“No one. It’s all about self-discipline!”

“Nonsense!” Li Mu snarled, “The sales team doesn’t have a fixed work schedule, and if there is no one to supervise them, wouldn’t they skive off work? That won’t do. If this continues, the staff will get lazier.”

“Don’t criticize other people. Didn’t you also just come in to work? Haven’t you heard of a saying that the fish rots from the head down?”

He Xiaoyu’s words were still as blunt as before. Li Mu blushed, shot her a glare, and said, “Xiaoyu, I have an idea. I would like to ask your opinion about it.”

“Don’t ever think of counting on me. I will only be your assistant. I won’t accept any other jobs!”

Then there was nothing to talk about anymore. However, He Xiaoyu still shamelessly asked, “Li Mu, why are you saying nothing? What are your thoughts?”

Li Mu cast a glare at her and said, “Go and set up a conference call. I’ll call a sales meeting tomorrow. Get ready for all performance reports for the first half of the year for each salesperson. I am going to punish someone as a warning to others.”

“Make sure you don’t punish the wrong person. There are a few people who are Mr. Yan’s men, so they are considered on your side too. If you punish them by mistake, Mr. Yan might come and settle accounts with you.

“He has already left the business department, so they are no longer his men. Mr. Yan is a reasonable man. He wouldn’t interfere in this matter. Besides, with you here, will he dare to come and settle accounts with me?”

He Xiaoyu giggled. What her senior fellow said was right. With her around, who would dare to find fault with him? Not to mention Mr. Yan, even the top managers of the headquarters would not dare to offend him.

What’s more, Mr. Yan knew the rules of the workplace well. He was no longer the head of the department and wouldn’t try to use his relationship to interfere with the management of the new manager. Otherwise, it would ruin their relationship.

Li Mu was planning to start with the sales team. This was not personal revenge as he had no grudges against it anymore. The purpose of doing this was really for the development of the business department.

The sales team played a major role in the department’s business. How could a newly appointed manager like him slack off on this part?

…

A lively and cheerful voice came from the door, “Hello, Lin Wan! This is for you.”

“Thank you, Xinzhu,” Lin Wan said politely with joy in her tone. “That is really nice of you. Please come in.”

“Lin Wan, you’ve become more beautiful! Where is Li Mu? Is he the chef today?” Fang Qiang said jokingly and then laughed heartily.

“He cooks?” Lin Wan curled her lips and said, “Your dear brother is a traditional man, and a traditional man never cooks. He is a perfect example in this regard.”

“Who is bad-mouthing me?” Li Mu poked his head out of the kitchen.

“Honey, you can’t tarnish my image. I made one of the dishes. Look, I have the cooking tool in my hand. This is the evidence!”

After saying that, he waved the frying shovel in his hand and walked back to the kitchen.

“Gee!” Fang Qiang said while smiling, “I have known Li Mu for such a long time, but I have never seen him cook. No matter what, I must try his cooking today. Lin Wan, did you specially create this opportunity for him?”

“Yes, we invited you two to dinner today, and he actually offered to cook. Of course, I have to give him this chance to show off his cooking skills!” Lin Wan said with a chuckle.

Inviting Fang Qiang and his wife to dinner was a sudden idea of Li Mu. A lot of things had happened recently, and he hadn’t contacted Fang Qiang for a long time. He only remembered his childhood friend when Fang Qiang took the initiative to call him.

When the two friends were chatting, they somehow talked about eating. Li Mu suddenly remembered that he still owed his childhood friend a meal. Therefore, after Li Mu had earnestly invited him, Fang Qiang and his wife gladly visited his house today.

“Fang Qiang, Xinzhu, please come and have a seat first,” Lin Wan said enthusiastically. “I’ll go and wash some fruits for you guys to eat.”

“No, please don’t bother, Lin Wan. I’ll go and give Brother Mu a hand!”

The speaker was Fang Qiang’s wife, Du Xinzhu. She came into the kitchen, rolled up her sleeve, and said with a smile, “Brother Mu, I’m late. Is there anything I can help you with?”

Seeing Du Xinzhu walk in, Li Mu hurriedly said, “Ah, Xinzhu, you don’t need to come and help me. Just go back to the living room, and chat with my wife. The dishes are ready. We will be able to have dinner soon.”

“Wow, you are really amazing,” Du Xinzhu exaggeratedly exclaimed. “You’ve made so many delicious dishes.”

“I really envy Lin Wan for having such a good husband like you. Look at my husband. He doesn’t do any household chores at all.”

Du Xinzhu involuntarily pouted while speaking.

“Those, those are all made by my wife. Only the food in this pot is made by me!” Li Mu said awkwardly.

Du Xinzhu took a look at the pot and couldn’t make out what he was cooking.

“Brother Mu, what are you cooking?”

“I’m cooking king prawns. Didn’t you see the king prawns?”

“Oh my god! Those black things are king prawns. I’m still thinking about what they are.”

After turning off the fire, Li Mu fished out the prawns and placed them on the plates. Then he passed the plate to Du Xinzhu and said, “Don’t bother about the colors. What matters is the taste. I promise the taste of my cooking will amaze you.”

“Hehe, you can really speak well, Brother Mu. You can use your words to turn bad things into good things. I will help you to take all the dishes out.”

“Of course. It’ll taste good anyway. This is the last dish. We can eat now!” Li Mu carried two plates of dishes in his hands and walked into the living room with Du Xinzhu.

The table in the living room had already been cleared out, and they worked together to place the dishes neatly on it.

Fang Qiang placed two bottles of liquor on the table and said with a grin, “Li Mu, I have brought two bottles of liquor. Let’s finish off every drop of them tonight.”

Li Mu looked toward Lin Wan. His wife had forbidden him to drink alcohol, and he didn’t dare to defy her orders.

“No, he can’t drink,” Lin Wan gave him a wave and refused with a smile. “He still has to go to work tomorrow.”

“He has to go to work? Lin Wan, have you forgotten what day is tomorrow? It’s been a long time since Li Mu and I had a drink together. We must drink to our heart’s content tonight! Lin Wan, can you just make an exception and let him have a drink with me?”

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Wan felt that she should not spoil the atmosphere of the gathering. Anyway, they would be leaving this place soon, and it would be really difficult for the two of them to get together again in the future.

“Alright,” Lin Wan replied with a smile, “Then I’ll make an exception and let him drink with you today!”

“Great!” The two men cheered and hurriedly sat down, vying to pour the drinks for each other.

Lin Wan was feeling a little emotional. Watching her husband and Fang Qing drinking together, she suddenly realized that she had been so selfish.

“Hey, Lin Wan, why are you still standing there? Come and sit down!” Du Xinzhu called out to Lin Wan.

“Oh, I was thinking. What should we two drink?”

“What should we drink? Of course, we’ll drink with them! It’s not like we haven’t drunk it before. Come on, lady. Let’s join them!” Du Xinzhu dragged Lin Wan with a smile.

The four of them sat around the table together, and the atmosphere was very lively!

Fang Qiang and his wife had very outgoing personalities, and the two families had a good relationship. They used to gather together very often in the past. They didn’t contact each other recently just because they were busy.

When familiar people got together again, they soon found topics to talk about. Once they got the conversations started, the atmosphere became even livelier.

While they were eating, the doorbell rang.

Lin Wan stood up and asked, “Who is it?”

“Courier delivery.”

Lin Wan walked over in bewilderment. Upon opening the door, a bouquet and a large box of cake were placed in front of her.

“Are you Ms. Lin Wan? Please sign here.”

“What is this?” Lin Wan asked with a puzzled expression, “Who asked you to send this to me?”

“I am sorry, Miss. A gentleman entrusted us to send this to you. We also don’t know who he is. Are you Ms. Lin Wan?”

“Yes, I am.”

“Alright. Please sign on the proof of delivery!”

“Oh, okay!” Lin Wan took the proof of delivery and signed her name on it. Then she took the flowers and cake from the man, feeling extremely uneasy.

“Who is playing such a prank on me?” Lin Wan thought bitterly. “If my husband misunderstands me again, I’ll definitely make you pay for it!”

The flowers came with a card. Looking down at the card, Lin Wan decided that as long as there was anything wrong, she would immediately throw the flowers and cake out of the window.

When she saw her husband’s handwriting and signature on it, she couldn’t help being surprised and looked at him with happiness on her face.

Then she ran to Li Mu’s side, gave her husband an affectionate kiss in front of everyone, and said, “Thank you, honey!”

“Honey, look at Brother Mu. Compared to him, you are a blockhead,” Du Xinzhu said with a pout and looked at the married couple enviously.

Fang Qiang smiled without saying a word. However, his gaze was fixed on Lin Wan.